Interview: Donald Trump on The Howard Stern Show - Janaury 8, 2008


Interview: Donald Trump on The Howard Stern Show - Janaury 8, 2008
France
Carla Bruni
United States
Eiffel Tower
prenuptial agreement
Carla Bruni stuff
Negative

Source: Howard Stern

Howard Stern
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Mr. Trump.
Trump
Mr. Trump
Positive
Donald Trump
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How are you?
Neutral
Howard Stern
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How are you?
Neutral
Robin Quivers
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year
Positive
Donald Trump
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Happy New Year to you. Hi!
Happy New Year
Happy New
Positive
Howard Stern
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And, by the way, congratulations on another season of The Apprentice.
Apprentice
way
season
Positive
Donald Trump
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And it just went on on Thursday night and it was number one for the week.
Thursday night
number
Positive
Howard Stern
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There you go.
Neutral
Robin Quivers
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How do you deal with those mess you've got working with you?
mess
Negative
Howard Stern
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What a crew you've got.
crew
Neutral
Donald Trump
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I have some crew. This time I have some crew.
crew
time
Positive
Howard Stern
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That's Steven [Inaudible].
Steven
Negative
Donald Trump
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Yeah, Steven's a lot different than I thought. He's more solid than I thought. I thought he was a total flake and he's [Inaudible].
Steven
total flake
Negative
Howard Stern
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Yeah. No, he's not a bad guy.
guy
bad guy
Yeah
Positive
Donald Trump
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No, he's good.
Negative
Howard Stern
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I like Steven. Hey, listen, we don't want to take up a lot of your time but we're doing the news here and I said "I'm going to call Mr. Trump."
Steven
Mr. Trump
Hey
Negative
Donald Trump
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Okay.
Positive
Howard Stern
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To find out the answer to this. It is reported that the president of France has left his wife.
president
France
answer
wife
Neutral
Robin Quivers
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He's divorced.
Neutral
Howard Stern
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He's divorced and he's taken up with Carla Bruni.
Carla Bruni
Neutral
Donald Trump
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Right
Positive
Howard Stern
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Who's a beautiful woman. I have a picture of her in a bikini they picked today. I don't know if you saw on the paper.
woman
beautiful woman
bikini
picture
Negative
Donald Trump
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Yes very flat-chested women. Not your kind of woman, Howard.
women
kind
Howard
Positive
Howard Stern
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Well, wait a second, Robin says that she broke up you and Marla Maples.
Robin
Marla Maples
Negative
Donald Trump
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No, that's not true.
Negative
Robin Quivers
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That's what it says here, this little account I'm reading.
account
little account
reading
Negative
Donald Trump
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Oh, is that true? That is not true.
Positive
Howard Stern
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It's not true that Carla Bruni... Okay, why did... I question was...
Carla Bruni
Negative
Robin Quivers
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Did you date her?
Neutral
Howard Stern
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Did you date her?
Neutral
Donald Trump
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May I say no comments?
comments
Negative
Howard Stern
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No.
Negative
Donald Trump
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Let me just say no comment. I'm trying to be a diplomat for this country.
comment
diplomat
country
Negative
Howard Stern
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But why would you say...
Negative
Donald Trump
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As a great diplomat... Howard, as a great diplomat for this country, let me just say no comment.
great diplomat
Howard
comment
Positive
Howard Stern
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No, but I don't understand something. I Carla Bruni... I mean, from the picture I'm looking...
something
Bruni
understand
picture
Negative
Donald Trump
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Yes, I know Carla.
Carla
Positive
Howard Stern
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She is a magnificent beauty. It looks like in the picture. Is she not that hot?
beauty
magnificent beauty
Positive
Donald Trump
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Well, let's say that there are better by large margins.
margins
large margins
Positive
Howard Stern
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Because I said to Robin "Why would Donald Trump stop banging Carla Bruni? She looks magnificent in this picture."
Carla Bruni
Donald Trump
Robin
Positive
Donald Trump
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Well, you stop when you meet somebody better.
somebody
Positive
Howard Stern
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So, that's when you met your wife.
wife
Neutral
Donald Trump
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Well, it's a complicated thing but I know Carla and I just don't want to comment on it.
thing
complicated thing
Carla
Positive
Howard Stern
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Was she bad in bed?
bed
Negative
Donald Trump
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I can't comment.
comment
Neutral
Howard Stern
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Why?
Negative
Donald Trump
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She's going to marry the president of France.
president
France
Neutral
Howard Stern
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So what?
Neutral
Robin Quivers
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She must have gotten better. This guy has gone crazy.
guy
Negative
Donald Trump
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I want to have good relationships with France, right? I don't want to be criticizing the first lady of France.
France
good relationships
lady
Negative
Howard Stern
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But are you shocked that this guy has fallen... He's a [Inaudible].
guy
Negative
Donald Trump
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I'm a little surprised but I'm happy for both of them.
both
Positive
Howard Stern
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What turned you off?
Neutral
Donald Trump
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I think he's somebody that's really terrific and he's pro of the United States. I don't want to make them anti of the United States.
somebody
United States
anti
Negative
Howard Stern
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No, this will never get out any further than this show.
show
Negative
Donald Trump
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It won't get out any... than your five million viewers.
viewers
Neutral
Howard Stern
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No, it won't. Listen to me, I really want a true answer. What turns you off to Carla Bruni?
answer
Carla Bruni
true answer
Positive
Donald Trump
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I can't comment on that.
comment
Neutral
Howard Stern
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This is crazy.
Negative
Donald Trump
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You know what? I'll tell you why I can't.
tell
Neutral
Howard Stern
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I think her ass smells.
ass
Negative
Donald Trump
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I know her well but I can't comment on that because I want to have good relationships with the wonderful country of friends.
country
wonderful country
good relationships
comment
Positive
Howard Stern
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What does that mean? You mean you want to have buildings built there?
buildings
Negative
Donald Trump
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Maybe. Yeah, I'll build a building right smack in the middle of Paris.
building
Maybe. Yeah
middle
Positive
Robin Quivers
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You have to keep this quiet. We still have leverage.
leverage
quiet
Positive
Donald Trump
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I get zoning all over the world.
world
Neutral
Howard Stern
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Why would you be afraid to speak? I mean, really, this isn't going to affect your relationship. He's going to dump her.
relationship
Negative
Donald Trump
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You think he's going to do dump her?
Negative
Howard Stern
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If you found something, I'm sure he's going to find the same thing.
something
thing
Positive
Donald Trump
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He may find the same thing. I don't know what he's going to find but I hope they're happy together.
thing
Positive
Unidentified Male
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You know, Donald, you should tear down that Eiffel Tower and put up a casino.
Eiffel Tower
Donald
casino
Positive
Donald Trump
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Well, do you know originally they wanted to tear down the Eiffel Tower? Do you know the Eiffel Tower was built just during the world fair?
Eiffel Tower
world fair
Positive
Robin Quivers
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Yeah, it was a temporary structure.
structure
temporary structure
Positive
Donald Trump
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It was a temporary structure.
structure
temporary structure
Negative
Howard Stern
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Is that true?
Positive
Robin Quivers
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Yeah.
Positive
Donald Trump
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People went crazy. They considered it to be the ugliest thing that was ever built. There were riots in the street and it was going to be ripped down and they had budgetary problems ripping it down. So, they said "Let's do it next year." Then they said "Let's do it next year." Then all of a sudden people started liking it and it stands today. And it was like in the 1800s.
ugliest thing
budgetary problems
sudden people
Negative
Howard Stern
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You're driving me crazy. I want to know what's wrong with Carla Bruni.
Carla Bruni
Negative
Donald Trump
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I think that was a very interesting dialogue.
dialogue
interesting dialogue
Positive
Howard Stern
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Yeah but I want to know what's wrong. I hear you're trying to get Tavern on the Green.
Tavern on the Green
Tavern
Green
Negative
Donald Trump
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I mean, we'll see what happens.
Neutral
Howard Stern
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It'd be nice if you good food in there.
food
good food
Positive
Donald Trump
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It's run poorly.
run
Negative
Howard Stern
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Yeah.
Positive
Donald Trump
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Run poorly. The owner was a great friend of mine and he ran it. That was his baby. That was his child and he ran it great. And since then, and it happens often, with children, he's got children, they take over a business and that's the end of that.
friend
great friend
children
Run
Negative
Robin Quivers
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What are you trying to say, Donald?
Donald
Negative
Donald Trump
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Hopefully my children [Inaudible]. Typically, typically that happens. You've heard about that before.
children
Hopefully
Negative
Howard Stern
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Well, why can't Tavern on the Green have great food? I would go there all the time.
food
Tavern on the Green
great food
Tavern
Green
Positive
Donald Trump
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It should have great food and it should have carpet that's not threadbare.
carpet
great food
threadbare
Positive
Howard Stern
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Right.
Positive
Donald Trump
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Did you walk [Inaudible].
Negative
Robin Quivers
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Yeah, it's a beautiful spot.
spot
beautiful spot
Positive
Donald Trump
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[Inaudible] thousand years. It started about the time of the Eiffel Tower.
Eiffel Tower
thousand years
Negative
Howard Stern
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What do you have to do to get to take control?
control
Negative
Donald Trump
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I don't know. I mean, I know how to... I have the Wollman Rink and I have a long-term lease on the Wollman Rink and we run that really well and it's a huge success. I mean Saturday you have lines going back through Central Park. It's incredible.
Wollman Rink
long-term lease
huge success
Negative
Howard Stern
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So, you have a couple of people competing with you to get the lease for Tavern on the Green?
Tavern
couple
lease
Neutral
Donald Trump
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In life, unfortunately, you always have competition.
life
competition
Negative
Howard Stern
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So, how close are...
Neutral
Donald Trump
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I don't know. I mean, it will go out to bid and there'll be other people and we'll see but they like me because I do such a good job with the rink.
people
good job
rink
Positive
Howard Stern
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You're not hopeful?
Negative
Donald Trump
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Huh?
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
Are you hopeful?
Positive
Donald Trump
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Do you have any contacts in the city, Howard?
contacts
Howard
city
Neutral
Howard Stern
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I do. I actually do. I had a rest stop named after me.
rest stop
Negative
Donald Trump
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[Inaudible].
Negative
Howard Stern
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Okay. So, you're refusing to comment. This is very strange.
Okay
Negative
Donald Trump
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No, I know Carla but I think it's inappropriate for me to comment about her.
Carla
Negative
Howard Stern
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I'd love to know the back story.
back story
love
story
Positive
Robin Quivers
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Man, he's going to get a good deal.
Man
good deal
Positive
Howard Stern
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Come on.
Neutral
Donald Trump
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And I like... I really...
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
So, what's it? Was it the personality?
personality
Neutral
Donald Trump
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I really do. I think he's a terrific guy. He's very, very pro the United States.
guy
United States
terrific guy
Positive
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
No, I agree with you.
Positive
Donald Trump
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That's the first time that's ever happened with France.
time
France
Neutral
Howard Stern
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I agree. I like this guy like what he's saying about the United States but aside from him, I'm just talking Carla Bruni stuff. I'm talking women now.
guy
United States
Carla Bruni stuff
Positive
Robin Quivers
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Why didn't she work out with you?
Negative
Donald Trump
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I just don't think it's appropriate.
Positive
Robin Quivers
- ( sec)
It's probably just a her and a you thing.
thing
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
I'd rather not... I mean, because I just don't think it's appropriate.
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
She probably laid there like a fish, right?
fish
Positive
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
I won't comment.
comment
Neutral
Howard Stern
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Or was it her personality?
personality
Neutral
Donald Trump
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It's the whole thing. I mean, it's fine. I mean, I hope he's happy.
thing
fine
Positive
Howard Stern
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Did she smell?
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Huh?
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
Did she smell?
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
I don't want to comment on that.
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
Ah, ah, that's a yes.
yes
Positive
Robin Quivers
- ( sec)
Come on, Donald.
Donald
Negative
Donald Trump
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You're talking about the potential first lady.
first lady
potential first lady
Neutral
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
She's not marrying him. He's not going to rush.
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
No, it sounds to me like he's smitten.
smitten
Positive
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
No, he's going to date her and he's going to do what he'll do.
Negative
Robin Quivers
- ( sec)
If he doesn't marry her, he's never going to be able to run France.
France
marry
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
It sounds to me like he's smitten. He's not a chest man. He is not into the world of chests.
chest man
smitten
chests
Positive
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
She's flat as a board? What is she, an A-cup?
A-cup
board
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Maybe. What comes before A?
Maybe
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
A minus.
minus
Negative
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
A minus.
minus
Negative
Male
- ( sec)
[Inaudible] like a dude.
dude
Negative
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Just to get off this subject, hey Robin, when are you getting married?
subject
hey Robin
Neutral
Robin Quivers
- ( sec)
I'm not going to.
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
We're looking at '08, of course, this year. We're looking at maybe the fall.
course
fall
Negative
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Well, I hope I'm going to be invited to that wedding. That'll be a great wedding. Let me tell you...
wedding
great wedding
Positive
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
You really want to go?
Negative
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Yes, I would come if you invite.
Positive
Robin Quivers
- ( sec)
I'm [Inaudible] impression. Not going to have a wedding.
impression
wedding
Negative
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Howard, is that a good sign... By the way, are you proud of me that The Apprentice became the number one show?
Howard
good sign
Apprentice
Positive
Howard Stern
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Yeah, I said on the air the other day. I said god bless you. I said I think it's great. I said if you could take that crew and make a number one out of it, it's amazing. I said then you're worth your weight in gold.
air
god bless
crew
Positive
Donald Trump
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Okay. So, you are getting married in '08.
Okay
Positive
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
'08, probably in the fall.
fall
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Will you or will you not have a prenuptial agreement?
agreement
prenuptial agreement
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
We will. That's already been discussed.
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
You have to have that.
Negative
Robin Quivers
- ( sec)
But you haven't started working on it.
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Do you think he'd be happier with a prenuptial agreement? You know, I watched him on Larry King before he got married.
agreement
prenuptial agreement
Larry King
Positive
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
Who?
Neutral
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
Paul McCartney. Larry King asked him "So, Paul, will you have a prenuptial agreement?" He said "Absolutely not. Absolutely not."
Paul McCartney
prenuptial agreement
Larry King
Positive
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
He's nuts.
nuts
Negative
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
That poor bastard [Inaudible]. She only wants 250 million [Inaudible] couple of years of marriage.
bastard
poor bastard
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
And you know what, he really blew it. I mean what a dumb move.
move
Negative
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
I don't get the whole deal. I didn't get it from day one but now I really don't get it. So, It's one of those things. I have to go back.
deal
things
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
Go ahead. When you're ready to talk to me about Carla Bruni?
Carla Bruni
Positive
Donald Trump
- ( sec)
If I ever want to talk to anybody about Carla, I will talk to you, okay?
anybody
Carla
Positive
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Positive
Robin Quivers
- ( sec)
Bye, Donald.
Donald
Negative
Howard Stern
- ( sec)
He bankrolled Bruni but what happened?
Bruni
Negative